Type-writer.



No. 874,695. PATENTBD DEG. 24, 190'7.

E. MIRUS.

TYPE WRITER.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY e, 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

No. 874,695. K PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907. E. MIRUS.

TYPE WRITER;

2 SHEETS-SHEET 32.

EHRENFRIED MIRUS, OF COLOGNE, GERMANY.

TYPE-WRITER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed July 6. 1905. Serial No. 268,551.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,"EHRENFRIED MmUs, a citizen ofthe Em ire of Germany, residing at Oologne-on-the-lihine, inthe Empire of Germany, have invented a new and useful Type-Writer, of which the following is a specification. l

My invention relates to improvements in type-writers, whereby the print down to the last letter is rendered perfectly visible, the

rinting is effected on a special printing block instead of on the ordinary paper roller, so that the latter does notreceive any recesses due to the blows of the types, but remains smooth and needs not be so frequently replaced by a new paper roller, as is the case with other known type-writers.

I provide in the rear -wall of the carriage a horizontal slot extending nearly over the whole width and arrange an oscillating ty e segment to strike against the rear side of t e paper through the said horizontal slot.

further provide a replaceable printing block of ivory or similar material in a recess of an adjustable stationary holder on the front of the paper, and lead a narrow inking band upwards over the replaceable printing block from a roller on the lower side to another roller on the upper side of the stationary holder.

Other improvements will kbe hereinafter described and set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical central longitudinal section through the type-writer, Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the same on the broken line A-B in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a cross section through a part of the same in the vertical plane of either key shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a detail, which will be referred to later on, Fig. 5 is a cross section through the line C-D in Fig. 1, Fig. 6 is a side elevation on an enlarged scale of the printing block and a part of its stationary holder, Fig. 7 is a vertical cross section through the same on the line E-F in Fig. 6, Fig. 8 is a modification of a part of the rear wall of the carriage shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 9 is a rear view of the same, Fig. 10 is an elevation of the device for feeding the paper roller, Fig. 11 is a plan of the same, Fig. 12 is a vertlcal longitudinal section through the bottom of the carriage, and Fig. 13 is a plan of the same, a central portion being cut out tc ilow the carriage escapement device.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The type-writer 1s shown as comprising three rows of keys 1, 1, the shafts 2, 2 of which are vertically guided in the casing 3. Three axles 4, 4 are fastened in the machine frame and on them three rows of bent levers 5, 6, 5, 6 are mounted to rock. The upper arms 5, 5 of these bent levers are pivotally Y connected with the hollow naves of twoarmed levers 7, 8, 7, 8 and on these naves the key shafts 2, 2 are made to bear. Three other axles 9, 9 are fastened in`the machine frame and on them three rows of two-armed levers 10, 10 are mounted to rock. The lower arms 70 6, 6 of the bent levers 5, 6, 5, 6 are forked and are adapted to act upon the front arms l, of the two-armed levers 10, 10. A frame 11 is horizontally and longitudinally guided in the machine frame (not shown) in any known and approved manner and carries a horizontal axle 12, on which a series of two-armed levers 13, 14 are mounted to rock. The front arms 13 of these levers are pivotally connected with the rear arms of the twoarmed levers .10, 10 in any known manner, the several levers described being so conneoted with one another, that every key 1 i controls its own two-armed lever 13, 14. The rear varm of each lever 10 is normally 85 pressed downwards by a helical spring 81. For the same purpose a second helical spring 82 may connect the front arm of the lever 10 with the axle 4. The rear arms 14 of the two-armed levers 13, 14 are at their fre ends 90 bent upwards and hooked. Preferably these hooks 15 are made separately and elastically connected with the upwardly bent ends of the arms 14 in any known manner: The height of the hooks 15 above the rear arms 95 14 is made differentfor each key 1. In the rear end of the frame 11 a horizontal pin 16 is disposed, on which a'hollow lever 17 is mounted to rock. In the bore of this lever 17 a shaft 18 is mounted to rock, which car- 100 Yries two pinions 19 and 20. Into the lower pinion 19 engage two toothed segments 21 and 22 (see Fig. '5), which are fastened on two separate shafts 23, 23 in the same axis and are arranged to turn in opposite directions. The two shafts 23, 23 are mounted to turn in the machine frame (not shown) in the casing 3 at a'certain height above the pin 16. Each shaft 23 is provided with a cranked rod 24, which is parallel to it and fastened with its shorter sections on the shaft. The two cranked rods 24 pass beneath the rear arms 14 of the two-armed levers 13, 14 and can be depressed by either ofthem to turn by means of the shaft 23 and the toothed segment 21 or 22 the type segment 25 on the shaft 18 in the respective direction] and through a certain angle corres onding to the t e on the key 1. A orizonta shaft 26 passes ehind the hollow lever 17 and is mounted to turn in the machine frame. This shaft 26 carries parallel to it by means of several arms two rods 27, which are in the paths ofthe hooks 15 on the rear arms 14 of the two-armed levers 13, 14. An elastic arm 28 is fastened on the shaft 26 behind the rocking hollow lever 17 and normali occupies the position shown in full lines. t is arranged to engage in any tooth space of the upper pinion 20 and to prevent the type segment 25 from turning. A spring 29 serves for normally pressing the hollow lever 17 to the rear and a helical spring 30 tends to press the frame 11 to the rear andto hold it in the position shown in Fig. 1.

The carriage comprises a slide 31 movable in suitable guides on the casing 3 and a pa er holder 32 secured on the slide 31, see a so Fig. 10. The paper holder 32 is on the front formed to a trough open at the sides and on its rear wall are dis osed the ordinary paper roller 33 and a. guidmg roller 34. The aper roller 33 is in this case .considerabl re uced in its diameter, as it needs not ta e up the blows of the types. This pa er roller 33 is provided at the right end wit a feed wheel 35, which is arranged to be fed forward line for line in an known manner. For exam le the paper ho der 32 may be provided wit a pin 36(see 10) on which a lever 37 is mounted to rock. This lever 37 is made in one piece with a handle 38 and carries a spring-pressed pawl 39, the tooth 40 of which 1s adapted to engage in either tooth space of the feed wheel 35 and to feed the latter one tooth forward'. Above the pa er roller 33 a horizontal slot 41 (Fi s. 1 andp 9) is rovided in the rear wall o the paper hollder 32, which slot reaches upwards to a point above the printing block 42 and extends over nearly the whole width of the holder 32, onl the edge strips 43 (Fig. 9) being left on b'ot sides. Just above the slot 41 the paper holder 32 is sharply bent to the rear, as is clearly shown at Fig. 1. For guiding the paper 44 round this bend, preferabl a transparent guide 45 of glass, celluloid, orn or other material is secured over this bend at a convenient distance therefrom. The rear part of the casing 3 is provided with a slot 46. Therefore the t e 51 is adapted to rock between two stops and a helical spring 52 tends to press it to the right. double rack 48 and is ereby pressed to the left against the respective stop, so that the carriage stops. On the rack 49 being moved to the rear its tooth 50 will engage in the Normally the pawl 51 .engages the` front teeth of the rack 48 to prevent the carriage from moving and at the same time the pawl 51 will move out of engagement with the rear teeth of the rack and will turn to the right. When the rack 49 is returned to its inltial position, its tooth 50 will release the rack 48 and its pawl 51 will engage in the rear teeth of the rack 48, which will then move with the carriage one tooth forward to y the left, that is to say through the distance of one type width.

On the machine frame in front of the paper .holder 32 a metallic cover 53 is fastened,

which is bent over the trough of the paper holder 32 and serves for guldin the rolled pAaper 44 during the motion of t e carriage.

ent narrow metallic trough 54 is secured in the vertical central longitudinal plane partly on the cover 53 and partly beneath the key board, where it reaches to the front. To the upper end ofthe trou h 54 on the top of the cover 53 are hinge two links 55, which are ivotally connected with a block holder 56 y means of two other links 57. The lower ends of the four links 55, 57 rest on the cover 53 and can be moved towards and away from each other by means of an adjust# ing screw 587 which connects the block holder 56 with the trough 54. The block holder 56 may have the shape shown at Fig. 6 and is arranged forreceiving from a side a rinting block 42. Preferably the printing block is made of a harder material than ebonite, for example ivory or the like. Since this printing block 42 is but small, it does not cost much and may be replaced if desired. It will last longer than ebonite. An indicator 59 is arranged on-the holder 56 for facilitating the adJustment of the paper, for example when makin corrections of the print. Two band rol ers 60 and 61 are mounted in the block holder 56 to turn and a narrow inking band 62 of woven fabric or carbon paper or the like is led from the lower roller 60 over the printing block 42 to the upper roller 61. On the shaft of the latter roller 61 is fastened a ratchet wheel 63 (see Fig. 4), in which a pawl 64 is arranged to engage.

This pawl 64 is pivotally connectedwith a feeding lever 65 in such a manner, that it is permitted to turn upwards, but not downwards beyond a certain limit (shown). The feeding lever 65 is mounted to rock in the links 57 and is pressed downwards b v-a helical spring 66, which is connected with the block holder 56. The feeding lever 65 is further connected with a thin wire 67 or lace or chain or the like, which is ledover a guiding pulley 68 on the pin of the links 55 and 57., through the trough 54 on the cover 53, around another guiding pulley 69 and through the trough 54 within the casing 3 to the front, where it is connected with the loop 70 011 the uppermost cranked shaft 71'. There are in all three cranked shafts 7], 71 corresponding to the three rows of keys 1, 1, which are in the middle provided with loops 70, 70. The loops 70, 70 of the two lower shafts 71, 71 are by rods 72, 72 cou led with the loop 70 of the uppermost s aft 71 and thereby also with the wire 67 or thel like. The three cranked shafts 71 71 are mounted to turn at 73, 73 in the machine frame and are normally held in their horizontal positions (as shown in Fig. 1) by s rings 74, 74. When the three cranked sha ts 71, 71 are at liberty, their springs 74, 74 will be strong enough to overcomethe tension of the helical spring 66 and to turn the feeding lever 65 with the pawl 64 upwards into the position shownk at Fig. 4.

The rack 49 already mentioned above engages in a toothed segment 75, which is fastened ona cross shaft 76 and provided with a lower arm 77. The shaft 76 is mounted to turn in the machine frame and carries at both ends two levers 78, 78, between which a cross rod 79 parallel to the shaft 76 is fastened. Two further cross rods 79, 79 are secured between two links 80, 80, which are mounted on the first cross rod 79 to rock. All the three cross rods79, 79 are made to rest in the corners formed by the bent rear ends of the arms 7, 7 of the two-armed levers 7, 8, 7, 8, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. The front arms 8, 8 of these levers, which arms are bent in the manner'shown, are arranged to depress the respective cranked shafts71, 71 and thereby to slacken the wire 67 or the like. A spacing key 83 is arranged to act upon the lower arm- .77` of the toothed segment by means of a crank-bell lever 84, 85 and is held in its normalposi-tion'by a leaf spring 86.

The typesegment 25 is assumed to have two su erposed rows of types, so that for the norma position shown of the frame 11 either type in the one rowon the type segment v25 can strike the printing block 42. For caus` ing either type in the other row to strike the printing block 42 the frame 11 requires to bel shifted to the front by means of a shifting key 87. The shaft 88 of the latter is vertically guided in the machine frame and is pivfaces of the arms 92. The two wedges 93' are pivotally connected with the two arms 91, as is clearly shown in Fig`\.\1. The shift# ing key 87 is arranged to raise-on being depressed, the wedges 93 and thereby to move the frame 11 to the front. As the type segment 25 is arranged to strike the rear side of the paper, its types require to be positive instead of negative as in ordinary type-writers.

The type-writer is operated as follows: The paper 44 to be written on is rolled up and introduced from one side into the cavity between the trough of the paper holder 32 and the cover 53, then moved in the direction of the arrows andl passed between the,

paper roller 33 and the guiding roller 34, next behind the printing block 42 and through the channel between the bend of the rear Wall and the transparent guide 45. By means of the adjusting screw 58 the right position of the printin block 42 is adjusted with regard to the thic ness of the paper 44 or papers. Also the tension of the wire 67 or the like may be regulated by means of the adjusting screw 58. The carriage is pulled to the right and brought into the right initial position, when the writing can commence. On depressing either key 1, its shaft 2 will de ress the nave of the two-armed lever 7, 8 an the upper arm 5 of the bent lever 5, 6, so that the front arm 8 of the lever 7, 8 has depressed the respective cranked shaft 71 and thereby slackened the wire 16 or the like, so that the feeding lever 65 is turned downwards by the yhelical'spring 66 and the pawl 64 is turned upwards, while it rides over the respective tooth of the ratchet wheel 63 until it engages in the next tooth space. At the same time the lower arm 6 of the bent lever 5, 6 has depressed the front arm of the two-armed lever 10 and thereby turned its rear armand the front arm 13 upwards, but the rear arm 14 downwards, so that first the respective rod 24 is depressed to turn the type segment 25, until the upper hooked end 15 depresses the respective rod 27 and thereby turns the arm 28 into engagement with the pinion 20 to stop the turning motion of the type segment 25. At this moment the respective type on the latter will have been brought into a position opposite to the printing block 42. As the type segment 25 is now prevented from turning, the further motion of the lever 13, 14 causes the oscillating hollow lever 17 to turn to the front with the shaft 18 and the type segment 25, sothat the type of the latter strikes the paper on the printing block 42 and its blow causes the in ing band 62 to print it off on the front of the paper 44. N ow the two-armed lever 7, 8 will have been brought into such a position, that itsv rear arm 7 rests on the up er arm 5 of the bent lever 5, 6 and is there y turned u wards, so that its cranked end turns upwardls the cross rod 79. Thereby, either direct or by means of the two links 80, 80 and the respective cross rod 79, the shaft 76 with the toothed segment 75 is turned, so that the rack 494 is moved realwardly and its tooth 50 engages in the o posite front tooth space of the double racli) 48 to prevent the carriage from shifting, while the pawl 51moves out of engagement with the rear teeth and is turned to the right by the helical spring 52. The key 1 being now released permits all the parts to return into their initial position, so that the tooth 50 on the rack 49 releases the double rack 48 and the pawl 51 enga es the latter while being thereby turned to t e left, which means that the carriage has been shifted to the left through the distance of one type width. The wire 16 or the like is again tightened, so that it turns the feeding lever 65 upwards and causes the pawl 64 to feed the ratchet wheel 63 with the inking band 62 one tooth forward. Evidently the letter or character just printed will now be visible, as it has left the narrow inking band 62. On depressing any `other key 1 the whole series of occurrences described above Awill repeat. For spacing the spacing key 83 is depressed as usual, when the up er arm 85 of the bell-crank lever 84, 85 w` l turn the lower arm 77 to the front and thereby the toothed segment 75 to the rear, so that 1n the manner described above the carriage will be fed one type forward.

To facilitate corrections of the print., a plate 94 (Fig. 9) ided with its arms 95 in uides 96 is move upwards, its two arms 95 eing seized with ones fingers and pushed upwards, so that they depress two leaf springs 97 and ride over them, until they rest upon their shoulders and the two pins 98 at the lower-comers of the plate 94 are locked by two pawls 99. 4Then the paper 44 will rest on the late 94.

Preferab y the rear wall of the paper holder 32 is made in two parts, which are hinged together at 100 (Fig. 8). Two bent slotted rods 101 are pivoted on the upper part near the axis 100 and may be clamped on the lower parts 102 by means of two screws 103. It will be seen, that after loosening the two screws 103 the upper part of the pa er holder 32 with the paper 44 can be turne to the rear around the axis 100, so that the eraser may be applied to the respective place of the paper for making a correction.

In order to be able to write on papers shorter than the slot 41, such as for instance post cards or the like, an axle 104 (Fi 8 and 9) is arranged on the rear side o the paper holder 32 and rovided with several elastic arms 105, whic can be shifted on the axle 104 and serve for guiding the paper.

,The type-writer may be varied in man respects without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. In a t e-Writer, the combination with a carriage, o means for guiding the paper in said carriage a stationary holder with a printing bloc which faces a nearly vertical part of the paper from the front, an inking and guide over said printing block in front of the pa er, a movable type carrier adapted to str1` e the paper from behind a amst said inking band on said printing b ock, and means for actuating said movable type carrier.

2. In a type-Writer, the combination with a carriage, o means for the paper in said carriage, a stationary block holder rovided with a cross recess, a rinting bloc of hard material (ivory and tiie like) which is adapted to be introduced from a side into the cross recess of said stationa block holder and faces the paper from thegont, an indicator on said stationary block holder, an inking band guided over said printing block in front of the paper, a movab e type carrier adapted to -strike the paper from behind a amst said inking band on said printing b ock, and means for actuating said movable type carrier.

3. In a type-writer, the combination with a carriage having a slot, of means for guiding the aper in sald carriage over the slot, a statlonary holder with a printi block which faces the aper over the slot om the front, an inking band guided over said rinting block in front of the paper, an oscil ating type se ment adapted to strike the paper from be lnd against said inking band on said printing block, and means for adjusting and actuating said oscillating type segment.

4. In a type-writer, the combination with a carriage having a horizontal slot extending nearly over the Whole Width, of means for guiding the paper in said carriage, an axle on said ca'rria e along one edge of its slot, a plurality o elastic arms adjustable on said axle and adapted to 'de narrow papers, a stationary holder with a printing block which faces the paper from the front, an inking band guided over said printing block in front of the paper, an oscillating type se ment adapted to strike the paper from beIxind against said in band on said printing block, and means or adjusting and actuating said oscillating type segment.

5. In a t e-writer, the combination with a carriage, o a paper holder on said carriage and beinglbent on the front to form a trou h open at t eesides and being bent rearward y in the upper part of its rear wall, a slot in the rear wa of said paper holder and extending nearly over the whole width, a cover secured on the frame and bent rearwardly over the trough of said paper holder, a pair of guiding rollers on both sides of the rear wall of said paper holder beneath said slot, a block holder on said cover provided with a recess opposite to said slot, a printing block in the recess of said block holder, two band rollers on the lower and upper sides of said block holder, an inking band adapted to be vertically led from one to the other of said two band rollers over said printin block in front of the pa er, an oscillating type segment adapte against said inking band on said printing block, and means for actuating said oscillating type segment.

6. n a typ a carriage, o' a paper holder on said carriage and being bent on the front to form a trough open at the sides and being bent rearwardly in the u per part of its rear wall, a slot in the rear wa l of said paper holder and extending nearly over the whole width, a transparent guide on the upper bend of said paper holder for guiding the paper, a cover secured on the frame and bent rearwardly over the trough of said paper holder, a pair of guiding rollers on both sides of the rear wall of said paper holder beneath said` slot, means for feeding thepaper between said air of guiding rollers line for line, a block hol er adjustable on said cover and provided with a recess opposite to said slot, a replaceable rinting block in the' recess of said block hol er, two band rollers on the lower and upper sides of said block holder, a narrow inking band adapted to be vertically led from one to the other of said two band` rollers over said replaceable printing block in' front of the paper, means for feeding said narrow inking band, an oscillating type segment adaptedto strike the paper from behind against said narrow inking band on said printing block, and means for adjusting and actuating said oscillating type segment.

7. In a type-writer, the combination with a carriage, of a paper holder on said carriage and being bent on the front to form a trough open at the sides and being bent rearwardly in the upper part of its rear wall, a slot in the rear wall of said paper holder and eX- tendin nearly over the whole width, a cover secure i on the frame and bent rearwardly overthe trough of said paper holder, a bent narrow trough placed in the vertical central lon ltudinal plane partly on the front half of sai cover and partly beneath the key board, toggle levers hinged to the upper end of said bent narrow trough, a bloc holder hinged to the rear ends of said toggle levers and provided with a recess opposite to said slot, a rinting block in the recess of said block holder, an adjusting screw connectin said 65 block holder with the upper end of sai bent to strike the paper from behind e-writer, the combination narrow trough, two band rollers on the lower and upper sides of said block holder, an inking band adapted to be vertically led from the lower to the upper of said two band rollers over said printing block in front of the paper, a ratchet wheel on the shaft of the upper band roller, a lever mounted in said toggle levers to turn, a awl hinged to the free end of said lever an adapted to engage in said ratchet wheel, a spring ressing said lever downwards, so that sai pawl rides over said ratchet wheel, guiding rollers, a flexible connection attached to said lever and led over said guiding rollers and through said bent narrow trough to the front, means attached to the front end of said flexible connection and controlled by the keys for raising said lever and thereby feeding said ratchet wheel on either key being released, an oscillating type segment adapted to strike the (paper from behind against said inking ban on said printin block, and means con trolled by the keys lfor adjusting and actuating said oscillating type segment.

8. In a type-writer, the combination with a carriage, of a paper holder on said carriage and being bent on the front to form a trough open at the sides and being bent rearwardly in the upper part of its rear wall, a slot in the rear wall of said paper holder and extendin nearly over the whole width, a cover secure on the frame and bent rearwardly over the trough of said paper holder, a bent narrow trough placed in-the vertical central longitudinal plane partly on the front half of said 100 cover and partly beneath the key board, a block holder adjustably attached to the upper end of said bent'narrow trough and provided with a recess opposite to said slot, a printing block in the recess of said block 105 holder, two band rollers on the lower and upper sides of said block holder, an inking band adapted to be vertically led from the lower to the upper of said two band rollers over said printing block in front of the paper, 1 10 a ratchetwheel on th'e shaft of the upper band roller, a lever mounted on said block holder to turn, a pawl hinged to the free end of said lever and adapted to engage in said ratchet wheel, a spring pressing said lever 115 downwardly so that said pawl rides over said ratchet wheel, guiding rollers, a ilexible connection attached to said lever and led over said guiding rollers and through said bent narrow trough to the front, spring- 120 pressed cranked shafts connected with the# front end of said flexible connection and normally pressing said lever upwards, means controlled by the keys and ada ted to depress said spring-pressedcranke shafts and 125 to slacken said flexible connection on either key being depressed, an oscillating type segment adapted to strike the paper from behind against said inking band on said printing block, and means controlled by the keys 130 rear wa of said paper holder and for adjusting and actuating said oscillating type segment.`

9. In a t e-writer, the combination with a carriage, (yi-Fa paper holder on said carriage and being bent on the front to form a trough open at the sides and being bent rearwardly in the u per part of its rear Wall, a slot in the extendin nearly over the whole Width, a vcover secured on the frame and bent rearwardly over the trough of said paper holder, a pair of guidin rollers on both sldes of the rear wall of sai paper holder beneath said slot, a holder ad- Justable on said cover and rovided with a printing block opposite to sa1d slot, two band rollers on ,the lower and upper sides of said holder, an inking band adapted to be vertically led from one to the other of said two band rollers over said printing block in front of the paper, an osclllating type segment adapted to strike the paper from behind agalnst said inking band on said printing block, means for adjusting and actuating said oscillating type se ment, a liftable plate ada ted to close said sfot, guides on the rear wall) of lsaid paper holder for guiding said liftable plate, and means for locking and releasing said liftable plate.

10. In a type-writer, the combination with a carriage7 of a paper holder on said carriage and being bent on the front to form a trough open at the sides and being bent rearwardly in the u per part of its rear Wall, a slot`in the rear wa l of said paper holder and extending nearly over the whole Width, a cover secured on the frame and bent rearwardly over the trough of said paper holder7 a pair of guiding rollers on both sides of the rear wall of said paper holder beneath said slot, a holder ad- ]ustableon said cover and provided with a printing block opposite to said slot, two band rollers on the lower and u per sides of said holder, an inking band aflapted to be vertically led from one to the other of said two band rollers over said. printing bloc'k in front of the paper, an osclllating type segment adapted to strike the paper from behind are hinged together above said pair of guiding rollers, two slotted levers pivoted on the one part and two adjusting screws on the other part of the rear wall of said paper holder and ada ted to engage in the slots of said two slotte levers.

11. In a t e-writer, the combination with a carriage with a horizontal slot extending nearly over the whole width of its rear wall, of means for guiding the pa er in said vcarriage upwards on its rear wal over the slot, a stationary holder with a rinting block which faces the aper from t e front, a narrow inking bandp vertically guided over said rinting block in front of the paper, a frame orizontally and longitudinally guided in the casing, a helical sprlng ressing said frame rearwardly, two arms wit inclined faces projecting downwardly from said frame, two wedges vertically guided in the casing and ada ted to Work with the inclined faces of saidp two arms, a shifting ke means controlled by said shifting key or raisin said two Wedges and thereby moving said ame to the front, an oscillating type segment mounted in said frame to turn and adapted to strike thepaper from behind through the slot of said carriage against said inking band on said printing block, and means controlled by the keys for adjusting and actuatingsaid oscillating type segment.

In testlmony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EHREN FRIED MIRUS. 

